Gregory Moody

Gregory Moody (1915-) was a US Army sergeant who served in the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division during World War II.

Biography
Gregory Moody volunteered in the elite paratroopers of the US Army in July 1942, and he was assigned to Baker Company of the US 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in August of that same year after completing training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Moody took part in the D-Day airborne assault on 6 June 1944, fighting at the Battle of Sainte-Mere-Eglise. That same day, he fought in the Route N13 skirmish and in the Brecourt Manor Assault. After the conclusion of Operation Overlord, Baker Company was detached from the rest of the 506th to take part in special operations. The company took part in the 1944 1944 Bavarian chateau raid and the Strasshof raid in attempts to rescue captured British Major Gerald Ingram, and it later returned to Belgium to fight in the Battle of the Bulge. On 15 January 1945, his last known action was the Battle of Noville.